(defmacro print_symbol [s] `(quote ~s)) You should consider downloading on lisp by Paul Graham from this page : http://www.paulgraham.com/onlisptext.html
You'll learn everything you want to know about macros (it's in Common Lisp, but I think it is understable with just a clojure background, concerning the concepts) regards, -- laurent 2009/2/6 CuppoJava <patrickli_2...@hotmail.com> > > Hi, > I'm trying to write a macro that outputs a symbol without attempting > to resolve it and would appreciate some pointers. > > eg. I wrote a function that accepts a symbol as an argument > (defn print_symbol [a] > (println a)) > > which can be called like this: (print_symbol 'mysymbol) > > But I want to write a macro that allows me to write this: > (print_symbol mysymbol) > > So the macro should convert mysymbol -> 'mysymbol, without resolving > the symbol. > > I'm wondering if that is possible. > Thanks very much for your help > -Patrick > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
